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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Woot for articles!

Well first off, I liked the authors comparison of the batterfields being 'sexy sirens of the Civil War preservation' and they get all the attention. And then the camps are the ' Ugly Bettys' and they are ignored. And in reality- that is so true. I remember my field trips in Elementry and Middle School- we went to battlefields, but we never went to an actual camp. It kind of got repeatative. Don't get me wrong, field trips are always pretty cool, but a certain battle may change a war, but overall a battlefield is a battlefield. Now we will be able to see actual camp life.
I also naver knew there were 120,000 Union troops living on Forbes Street. That's more than the actual population of Stafford, at that time (which was 8,300- as the article said). Also is amazes me that Stafford was the largest 'city' at the time. It's hard to believe that Forbes street was actually a campsite, even seeing pictures still makes it unbelievable.
Additionally it's cool that the preservation is going to be pretty accurate considering that they have the sketches from those two guys, and the actual rows of huts and tent sites are still visible by the depressions in the ground.
But all in all, it's pretty amazing that without the camps the Union couldn't of rested, meaning, the Battle of Ghettysburg could of been lost by the Union. Which could most certainly have changed the outcome of the war. Well anyways- YaY for StAfFoRd CaMpS!!! :)

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